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  1. Title: Map showing canoe routes into Superior National Forest, Minnesota and Quetico Provincial Park of Canada

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:250,000. "This map published in cooperation with the Architects & Engineers Supply Co. Duluth, Minn." Includes inset with title: Good roads leading into America's greatest canoe regions. 49 x 71 centimeters 1:250,000 General Minnesota Maps

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  2. Title: Superior National Forest, Minnesota, fourth principal meridian, 1920

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    Summary: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:250,000. Below title: The playground of a nation. "Henry S. Graves, forester." "Minnesota Game and Fish Department, Carlos Avery, Commissioner, St. Paul, Minn." "Before taking trips outlined obtain information from the secretary of the Ely CommercialClub or the U.S. Forest Service, Ely Minn." Relief shown by hachures. Shows canoe routes starting and ending at Ely and outline of Superior State Game Refuge. 42 x 82 centimeters 1:250,000 General Minnesota Maps

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  3. Title: Connecticut, 1849 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of Connecticut : from actual survey, engraved by Daggett & Ely. It was published in 1849 by Brown & Parsons. Scale [ca. 1:331,000]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Connecticut State Plane Coordinate System (Feet) (FIPS 0600). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, county and town boundaries, churches, courthouses and more. Relief shown by hachures. Insets: Plan of the city of New Haven -- Plan of the city of Hartford -- New England states. Includes profile of the Farmington Canal and list of governors of Connecticut from 1676-1849. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of New England from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  4. Title: Adirondack Mountains Region, New York, 1876 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Map of the New York wilderness : to accompany Wallace's Descriptive guide to the Adirondacks, by W. W. Ely. It was published by G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. in 1876. Scale [1:253,440]. Covers the Adirondack Mountains Region including portions of St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, Lewis, Herkimer, Hamilton, Essex, Oneida, Warren, and Saratoga Counties. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone 18N NAD83 projection. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, hotels, and township and county boundaries and more. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights. Includes inset: [Northeastern states]. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from The Harvard Map Collection as part of the Imaging the Urban Environment project. Maps selected for this project represent major urban areas and cities of the world, at various time periods. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features at a large scale. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates, scales, and purposes.

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  5. Title: Soil map, Indiana, Marshall County Sheet

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    Summary: Shows soil types classification by colors and symbols. 'Field Operations, Bureau of Soils, 1904.' 'Julius Bien & Co. Lith. N.Y.' Scale 1:63,360. 1 inch = 1 mile. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils; soils surveyed by Frank Bennett and Charles W. Ely.

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  6. Title: Highlands Region

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    Summary: Pictoral map of the Highlands region extending through two million acres of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Inset of The Highlands and Eastern Seaboard. Legend indicates color coding of forests, farmlands, urban zones, protected public and private lands, wetlands, and open water. Also noted are the habitats of eight kinds of wildlife including birds, fish and mammals. Information on major hiking trails indicates highest altitudes. Map produced by the Appalachian Mountain Club in conjuctions with seven other environmental advocacy organizations. Three photographic illustrations, description of and challenges facing the Highlands Region and listing of contacts for the sponsoring organizations including name, title, phone number and e-mail contact.

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  7. Title: Automobielkaart van Java en Madoera

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    Summary: Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.

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  8. Title: Wisconsin official road map : showing all state highways and all county highways

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    Summary: Red and black.; Panel title.; Text and advertisements on verso. 23.75 x 18 in Scale approximately 1:1,140,480 General Map Collection

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  9. Title: Map of the country ... of Boston, 1896

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    Summary: Each map covers Boston and the vicinity either northwest, southwest, northeast, or southeast of city.; Relief shown by contours.; Northwest map has errata in upper margin. 31 x 48 centimeters or smaller Scale 1:62,500 City Maps

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  10. Title: Map of the country southwest of Boston, 1896

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    Summary: Relief shown by contours. Map collection has SW sheet, missing the other 3. Map shows wooded areas and public reservations

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  11. Title: Map of the country about Boston

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    Summary: Shows roads, streets and railroads.; Relief shown by contours. 53 x 78 centimeters Scale 1:62,500 City Maps

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  12. Title: Map of the country about Boston : Published by the Appalachian Mountain Club from the proofs of the state map with the permission of the ... Geological Survey and ... the Topographic Survey of Massachusetts

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    Summary: 1 map : col. ; 59 x 84 cm Relief shown by countours and spot heights. "Contour interval 20 feet."

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  13. Title: Automobile Club of Minneapolis' county road map : showing all the roads within a radius of seventy-five miles from the Twin Cities

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    Summary: Also shows Automobile Club of Minneapolis' guide posts, "main traveled roads," and schools, churches, and town halls.; On panel: "This map has been prepared especially for the members of the Autmobile Club of Minneapolis."; On panel: Copyright G. Roy Hill, secretary, 1924.; "Th. Lagaard, Del." 75 x 62 centimeters Scale approximately 1:258,000 Minneapolis and St. Paul Maps and Atlases

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  14. Title: Birds eye view of trolley routes in New England, 1904 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Trolley wayfinder, birds eye view of trolley routes in New England, published by the New England Street Railway Club, 1904. This is a perspective map not drawn to scale. Covers eastern portion of New England from Lewiston, Maine, to Newport, Rhode Island. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as steam railroads, electric railroads, parks, buildings, drainage, and more. Relief and some features are shown pictorially. Includes 7 insets. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps of Massachusetts from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of regions, originators, ground condition dates (1755-1922), scales, and purposes. The digitized selection includes maps of: the state, Massachusetts counties, town surveys, coastal features, real property, parks, cemeteries, railroads, roads, public works projects, etc.

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  15. Title: How to get in & out of Saint Paul

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    Summary: Only shows downtown area.; Inset of White Bear Lake. 25 Centimeters in diameter on sheet 56 x 87 Centimeters Scale (approximately 1:6620) Minneapolis and St. Paul Maps and Atlases

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  16. Title: Route map of Seattle

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    Summary: Text and map of Seattle's business section on verso.; "6-15-22." 38 x 54 centimeters Scale not given. City Maps

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  17. Title: Automobile road map of the United States : including southern Canada and northern Mexico

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    Summary: Shows cities, major waterways, major roads, and route numbers.; Inset: Cape Breton Island.; "1491"--upper left.; "Selwyn Douglas"--lower right.; "P.H.I."--lower left.; "397"--panel lower left. 52 x 83 centimeters, folded to 27 x 11 centimeters Scale approximately 1:6,000,000 General Map Collection

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  18. Title: Trolley wayfinder : birds eye view of trolley routes in New England

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    Summary: "John J. Lane, editor"--Cover. "Geo. H. Walker & Co., Boston"--Lower right margin. Originally issued folded in cover (19 x 11 cm).

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  19. Title: Map of the village of Hibbing

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    Summary: September 10, 1926.; Cadastral map.; Appears to have been hand colored. 55 x 35 centimeters Scale approximately 1:16,000 City Maps

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  20. Title: City of Minneapolis election map, 1925

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    Summary: Shows ward and district boundaries. Relief shown by hachures. 83 x 56 Centimeters Scale 1:20,000 Minneapolis and St. Paul Maps and Atlases

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